strata – FLAT CHAT

$8.4m Taskforce to be the state’s new strata cop

NSW's new strata laws will be enforced by an $8.4m Taskforce which will be the state's new "strata cop".

New strata insurer signs up with Flat Chat

We are delighted to welcome a new strata insurer to our exclusive roster of Flat Chat sponsors. SCInsurance provide insurance tailor-made for your strata scheme.

PICA: New laws threaten strata managers’ viability

PICA, Australia’s biggest strata management company, says owners must be educated before proposed new laws come in for NSW strata managers.

Forum: Council versus owners corp over Airbnb

Conflict with council OK for holiday lets, insurance for solar panels, air-con water torture, mini land grab, who owns front door keys?

Podcast: Secretive strata managers face fines

$110,000 fines for recalcitrant strata managers, new affordable homes for essential workers, better designs for low-rise blocks and the rights and wrongs of a land grab.

New strata manager laws: $110k fine warning

The new strata manager laws on cozy deals, commissions and kickbacks carry fines of up to $110,000 for strata managers who flout them.

Netstrata scandal: feeding frenzy looms in strata war

With the Fair Trading report into the Netstrata scandal long overdue, this is a trying time for everyone in the stratasphere.

Forum: Happy strata owner breaks the mould

Happy strata owner, confusion about privacy, Tribunal tension, grabbing back CP land, and OC refuses to fix mould problem - all in this week's Forum.

Podcast: Would you share a flat with Boomers?

It's cheaper but, we ask in this week's podcast, is flat-sharing a viable answer for the old and lonely? Plus, the strata law we keep having to litigate.

Back on ABC radio, more often and at a new time

JimmyT is back on ABC Afternoons with James Valentine, and you can catch up with the most recent session via a link to the last broadcast in this story.